Monroe Capital Corporation Announces Full Exercise Of Over-Allotment Option By Underwriters Relating To Initial Public Offering

Monroe Capital Corporation (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: MRCC) announced
today that it has closed on the underwriters’ over-allotment option in
connection with its previously announced initial public offering.

Monroe Capital Corporation (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: MRCC) announced today that it has closed on the underwriters’ over-allotment option in connection with its previously announced initial public offering. The underwriters have exercised in full their option to purchase an additional 750,000 shares of Monroe Capital Corporation common stock at the initial public offering price of $15.00 per share, less underwriting discounts and commissions. With this exercise, Monroe Capital Corporation sold in its initial public offering a total of 5,750,000 shares of common stock for total gross proceeds of approximately $86.3 million.

Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, William Blair & Company, L.L.C. and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC served as joint book-running managers for the offering. BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC and Stephens Inc. served as co-lead managers, and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and Wunderlich Securities, Inc. served as co-managers for the offering.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the shares in this offering nor will there be any sale of the shares referred to in this press release in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. A registration statement relating to these securities was filed and has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This offering is being made solely by means of a written prospectus forming part of the effective registration statement, which may be obtained from the Prospectus Departments of any of the following investment banks: Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated., Attn: Prospectus Department, 777 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202; William Blair & Company, L.L.C., Attn: Prospectus Department, 222 West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606; or Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Attn: Prospectus Department, 1717 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. Investors are advised to carefully consider the investment objective, risks and charges and expenses of the Company before investing. The prospectus dated October 24, 2012, which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, contains this and other information about the Company and should be read carefully before investing.

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